June 2012 - Chapter 585

Watervliet 40C
June 2012
Chapter 585 Meeting
Wednesday, June13, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
at the Chapter Clubhouse, Watervliet Airport
Board of Directors Meeting
Date & Time to be announced
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
Greetings,
If any of our members have
some free time on the weekend
of June 8-9-10 we would
appreciate some help the Boy
Scout weekend. Saturday the
9th will be the busy day. Make
sure to stay for the dinner at 6:00 pm on Saturday.
The other day I received a call from my nephew in
Arizona. He flies a 172 out of Deer Valley Airport North
of Phoenix. It is the busiest general aviation airport in
the world with over 400,000 operations annually. The
number two airport is Van Nuys California with about
360,000. They have three flight schools with students
from all over the world.
As he was approaching to land, the elevator jammed. He
called the tower and advised them of his situation but
didn't declare an emergency. They instructed him to use
the longest runway and cleared the airspace of all the
other traffic. That was a major job since there are well
over a thousand take-off and landings every day at Deer
Valley with a half dozen General Aviation airports, two
major commercial airports and Luke Air Force Base all
within about fifteen miles. You can imagine the number
of planes in the air. As the elevator was jammed, the
trim tab was of little use, so he had to land only by use
of the throttle. One interesting note was the memory of
an article by Barry Schiff in one of the aviation
magazines written years ago about this same situation,
He said it
came back so clear it was like he just read it.
Clean-up day at 40C, the guys had been at it since 8am so
Sharon brought hotdogs and drinks to make sure they had
enough energy to get the job done.
He made a good landing and was congratulated by the
tower. Everything turned out well except now he has
another problem. Some time between landing and
taxiing back to the hangar, whatever was jammed
became unjammed. The mechanics took everything
apart and examined it, but at the time I talked to him
they still had not found the culprit.
KEEP LOOKING!!
Don
Last minute pre-flight, everything is okay and set to go.
Jake and the BD5 are flying again in the Hartford Strawberry
Festival Parade, June 9th at 1 p.m.
Editors Note…..Deadline for articles and information for the July
2012 Newsletter will be Friday June 29th.
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Chapter 585 Meeting Minutes
May 9, 2012
Submitted by Dovie Downey for
Bill Greenley, Secretary
President Don Carney called meeting called to order at
7:05pm. Pledge of Allegiance was given, 22 members present.
One guest, John Learned from Andrews University, John is a
mechanic and a student pilot at Andrews.
Don read the secretary report in Bill Greenley’s absence, Bill
in Rwanda, Africa. Randy Pollyea motioned to accept,
seconded by Jim Sedlek. Motion passed. Sharon Carney gave
treasurer’s report.
A thank you went out to Justin Pallas for his work with the
Puddle Jumper Newsletter.
Old Business;
Chapter 585 was represented in the Blossomtime Parade the
clubs BD5 piloted by our youngest official member Jake
Sinclair (Jake paid his dues to Treasurer Sharon) and LeRoy
Melvin’s Jeep with passengers, Joann and grand-daughter
Robin. Also by Al Hartline’s Jeep driven by Skylar Gatchell
with his granddad as shotgun.
The BD5 is registered for The Strawberry Festival Parade in
Hartford June 9th. Larry D. thanked everyone for their help
with the parade entries.
No report on airport lights.
Boy Scout weekend is set for June 8, 9, & 10.
The Board of Directors is still working on the Chapter bylaws.
New Business;
Brian Fredericks airport manager of HLM Park Township in
Holland bought the American Eagle that was in the Chapter
hanger for $100.
Oshkosh on fuel regulations for the Young Eagles Programfuel rules are changed so the YE flights can be compensated
by free fuel or by donations.
Volunteers are needed for the Lest We Forget weekend June
29-30 & July 1, Call Don for a list of times to work.
Don passed around member info sheets to be corrected or
filled in for the Chapter 585 Directory. If you haven’t
completed yours call Bill Greenley to update or do so at the
June meeting.
Hal Bundy spoke about the Sun & Fun tornado damage. It’s
possible the fuel clean-up cost could be passed on to pilots.
Grant G. asked if the Chapter had an Air Marshall for the 4th
of July Parade in Watervliet, negative on the Marshall so far.
He also if he could contact the area schools for programs to
get students involved with aviation. He will ask about
community service programs that can be done at the airport.
Al Hartline reported on engine donated to Chapter he has
potential buyer at $2000. After discussion, the Board of
Directors voted to sell. Al will talk to buyer and bring his offer
to board.
Louie N. talked about the FAA in South Bend, they will do
inspections for home builts, but would like to do more on site
inspections before the plane is covered.
Grant G. motioned to adjourn, Russ H. seconded, adjourned
8:02pm. The 50/50 drawing was won by Grant G.
It took some mighty big equipment and the guys to run them
to clean out the woods line at the airport.
The grounds around the airport look super. Thanks to all of the
hard working volunteers.
Calendar:
June 9, 10 & 11 Boy Scouts Weekend at 40C
June 20 – 23 Classic Air Race –KBEH 9th stop on race
Arizona to Atlanta
June 29 – July 1 Lest We Forget –, Benton Harbor
July 7 & 8 EAA Chapter 585 Annual Steak Dinner &
Pancake Breakfast Fly-In At 40C Watervliet
Just a reminder, our Steak Dinner & Pancake Breakfast is the
weekend after the Lest We Forget Event. We will, be needing the
usual salads and desserts. Thanks
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Volunteers needed for The Lest
We Forget Event on June 29, 30 &
July 1, 2012. June 28th moving equipment
to BEH, check with Don on time. Saturday June
30th, we start serving breakfast at 5a.m. Sunday, July 1st, we
start serving breakfast at 7a.m.
Volunteers also need for the Boy Scout Weekend on June 9,
10 & 11, even if you can only spend an hour or two come on
down. We do appreciate all of the help.
EAA Chapter 585
A little boy and his mother were flying from Albuquerque to Los
Angeles on Southwest Airlines. The little boy (who had been looking
out the window of the airplane) turned to his mother and asked, "If
big dogs have baby dogs, and big cats have baby cats, why don't big
airplanes have baby airplanes?"
The mother (who couldn't think of an answer) told her son to ask the
flight attendant, so the boy went down the aisle and asked the flight
attendant. The flight attendant, who was very busy at the time, smiled
and said,"I saw you talking with your Mom. Did your Mom tell you
to ask me?"The boy said, "Yes, she did."
"Well, then, you go and tell your mother that there are no baby
airplanes because Southwest always pulls out on time. Have your
Mom explain that to you."
President
Don Carney
269-208-3296
Vice-President
Gary Heuser
269-539-0102
Treasurer
Sharon Carney
269-208-3294
Secretary
Bill Greenley
269-208-1533
Newsletter Editor
Dovie Downey
269-463-5532
e-mail
[email protected]
Board of Directors
Al Todd
269-470-0456
Louie Nordell
269-876-4921
Dovie Downey
269-463-5532
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EAA CHAPTER 585
P.O. Box 26
Watervliet, MI 49098
Events & Happenings
June 9, 10 & 11 Boy Scouts Weekend at 40C
Wednesday, June 13 EAA Chapter 585 Meeting 7:00 p.m.
June 29-30 & July 1, Lest We Forget @ BEH
Saturday, July 7 & Sunday July 8, EAA Chapter 585
Annual Steak Dinner & Pancake Breakfast
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